Kelly O¿Bryan, of Vernon Hills, right, is awarded Miss Congeniality by 2014 Queen Julia Bauschke, at the Miss Lake County Fair pageant in the Expo Hall at the fairgrounds in Grayslake. O¿Bryan then finished first runner-up overall.

Kelly O¿Bryan, of Vernon Hills, right, is awarded Miss Congeniality by 2014 Queen Julia Bauschke, at the Miss Lake County Fair pageant in the Expo Hall at the fairgrounds in Grayslake. O¿Bryan then finished first runner-up overall. (Denys Bucksten / Lake County News-Sun)

Beauties and motorized beasts were in the spotlight on opening night at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake, where Bethani Jacobsen of Wauconda was crowned Lake County Fair pageant queen inside the Expo Hall while snarling motorbikes thrilled hundreds at a motocross competition held just outside.

Glenview Park Golf Club in Glenview has reopened after an extensive, year-long renovation, and hosts John Borneman and Matt Harness were on site to check out the results. They offer a review of the new layout and talk with lead architect Rick Jacobson, who has worked on golf courses all over...

Located on Milwaukee Avenue in Lincolnshire, just across from the Regal Cinemas, the giant pink castle is a hard-to-miss local symbol along a busy stretch of road amid numerous corporations and chain restaurants.